This total eclipse, and the one coming up
Friday, March 20 marks not just the Vernal Equinox but also a total solar eclipse. This best spectacle in all
Columns
Kids’ Almanac (Mar. 19-26)
“Spring is the time of plans and projects.” – Leo Tolstoy SATURDAY, MARCH 21 Signs of Spring Walk at
Squirrels: Unstoppable, insatiable, acrobatic
The next time you sit down to a breakfast of pancakes with maple syrup you can thank that wily squirrel.
March skies in the Hudson Valley
March and September are the months when the Sun changes its declination at the fastest rate of the year. If
Horticultural star Margaret Roach headlines Cornell’s Garden Day
[Editor’s note on 4/8: Just heard from Carrie Doyle at the Cornell Cooperative Extension, and she reports that this event
Kids’ Almanac (Mar. 12-19)
Baby goats at Cornwall’s Edgwick Farm My family had a terrific time at our recent visit to Edgwick Farm in
Heroines of the Hudson: The untold story of 19th-century women lighthouse keepers
Saugerties had its own 19th-century heroines: Kate Crowley and her sister, Ellen.“Those gals are bricks,” said a river pilot who saw them rescue a pair of sailors from a sloop capsized in a sudden squall. “And make no mistake. You couldn’t have got any river boatmen to do what those girls did.”
Kids’ Almanac (Mar. 5-12)
“Spring forward, fall back.” – Daylight saving time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 8 Stop by Sissy’s Café
Paul Brown: Everything you always wanted to know about assessments, real estate taxes and more
Ever wonder what the assessment is on that big house down the road and what the owners pay in taxes?
Kingston After Dark: Land of plenty
My mother always said that the Catskills were the closest she’d found to a place as beautiful as Wales. Given